Wanting Beauty, Fearing Beauty: Mate Preference, Intimacy, Deception, and the Femme Fatale

The archetype of the "femme fatale"—the captivating but lethal woman who leads men to their doom—has long been dismissed by some social scientists as a byproduct of patriarchal societies or…

Insecure, detached, and unfaithful: Propensity towards infidelity as predicted by authenticity, emotional intimacy and insecure attachment styles

The psychological foundations of romantic infidelity have long been a subject of intense scrutiny, yet contemporary research is increasingly shifting the focus from moralistic judgments to the underlying emotional vulnerabilities…